Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon

by George Gibbs

~Pil'-pil~, n. Jargon. Blood. Mahsh pilpil, to bleed; to menstruate.
Derived from the foregoing.

~Pish~, n. English. Fish.

~Pit-lilh'~, or ~Pit-hlil'~, adj. Quære u. d. Thick in consistence, as molasses.

~Piu-piu~, n. French, PUER, to stink. Or from the sound often uttered expressive of disgust at a bad smell. A skunk.

~Poh~, v. Chinook, idem. By onoma. Mamook poh, to blow out or extinguish, as a candle.

~Po'-lak-lie~, n., adj. Chinook, POLAKLI. Night; darkness; dark. Tenas polaklie, evening; hyas polaklie, late at night; very dark; sit-kum polaklie, midnight (literally, the half night).

~Po'-lal-lie~, n. Quære French, POUDRE. Gunpowder; dust; sand. Polallie illahie, sandy ground. The word is certainly neither Chinook nor Chihalis.

~Poo~, n. By onoma. (Hale). The sound of a gun. Mamook poo, to shoot; moxt poo, a double-barrelled gun; tohum poo, a six-shooter. Nisqually, OPOO, to break wind.

~Poo'-lie~, adj. French, POURRI. Rotten.

~Pot'-latch~, or ~Paht'-latsh~, n., v. Nootka, PAHCHILT (Jewitt); PACHAETL, or PACHATI (Cook). A gift; to give. Cultus potlatch, a present or free gift.